Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 05, 2017
Newspapermen learn to call a murderer 'an alleged murderer' and the King of England 'the alleged King of England' to avoid libel suits.
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Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944)  
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
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Ralph Hodgson, on ESP  
Maybe this world is another planet's hell.
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Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)  
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
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Terry Pratchett  
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